Charles' Crime / Punishment Blog June 2005 Archive

Dennis Rader, the BTK murderer, confessed to his grisly crimes in a voice void of emotion and remorse, but with a hint of demented pride. Here is the complete transcript ... Read More

John E. DuPont was a sports wannabe who inherited millions and bought his status into the sporting world that his own physical capabilities could have never achieved. He was ... Read More

Jimmy Lee Smith, one of the two men convicted in "The Onion Field" case of 1963 for the kidnapping of two Los Angeles police officers and the murder of one ... Read More

Killer nurse Charles Cullen, who has already pleaded guilty to 24 murders of patients he killed in hospitals where he worked in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, has admitted to killing ... Read More

Dennis Rader pleaded guilty to 10 counts of first-degree murder then calmly told the court the chilling details of the "Bind, Torture, Kill" slayings that terrorized the Wichita, Kansas area ... Read More

One of Canada's most infamous female convicts, Karla Homolka, is due to be released from prison after serving a short 12-year sentence for her involvement in drugging, raping, torturing and ... Read More

Only three suspects remain in custody in Aruba in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway -- the three young friends to made up a story to convince authorities that ... Read More

Police in Yuma, Arizona are seeking a man who was seen running from a home in which six people were killed late Friday. The victims including a mother, her four ... Read More

Aruban authorities for the first time provided details concerning the allegations against five men being detained in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, suggesting that they believe the Alabama ... Read More

The confession of John Evander Couey, released this week in court documents, revealed that nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford was still alive in a closet when police came to the door to ... Read More

Paulus Van Der Sloot, the father of one of the suspects being held in connection with the investigation into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, has been arrested and taken into ... Read More

Four years after Daniel (Mack) Smith was stabbed to death at an August, Georgia apartment complex, two men have been indicted and arrested for the stabbing death of the husband ... Read More

Judge Marcus Gordon sentenced Edgar Ray Killen to three consecutive 20-year sentences for his conviction of manslaughter in the shooting deaths of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and ... Read More

The trial of Dennis Rader, accused of being the BTK serial killer who murdered 10 people in the Wichita, Kansas area in the 1970s and 1980s, is scheduled to begin ... Read More

Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Steve Fein has asked undocumented immigrants to help in his investigation of accused pedophile Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller, promising not to report illegal immigrants who ... Read More

On the 41st anniversary of the murders of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney a Mississippi jury of nine whites and three blacks found Edgar Ray Killen guilty of ... Read More

The family of Natalee Holloway hired an attorney to file a lawsuit demanding that Aruban authorities turn over all evidence they have gathered in the investigation of the missing teen ... Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a death sentence in a Pennsylvania murder case, ruling that defense attorneys should have investigated the defendant's past records for mitigating circumstances, although the ... Read More

In January, the U.S. Supreme Court opened the doors for hundreds of federal inmates to appeal their sentences when it ruled that federal sentencing guidelines, in place since 1987, were ... Read More

The jury in the murder trial of reputed Ku Klux Klan member Edgar Ray Killen for the murders of three civil rights workers in 1964 told the judge they were ... Read More

Operation Mallorca, a 27-month investigation that targeted the alleged money laundering activities of four Colombian-based money brokers who funneled drug proceeds through the Colombian Black Market Peso Exchange resulted in ... Read More

The prosecution rested its case against Ku Klux Klan member Edgar Ray Killen in his trial for the murder of three civil rights workers in 1964 and the defense called ... Read More

Marc Dutroux, an unemployed electrician and father of three, committed a series of kidnappings, rapes, and murders of an unknown number of teenage girls. Dutroux and accomplices, including his wife, ... Read More

A fourth man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba, and another person has been brought in for questioning, according to news reports. It ... Read More

The trial of Edgar Ray Killen for the Freedom Summer murders of three civil rights workers was adjourned Thursday when the defendant was rushed to the hospital with chest pains ... Read More

Police believe a convicted child molester, who is in jail in California, may have molested thousands of victims after investigators discovered computers, notebooks and handwritten lists of the names of ... Read More

Sawyer County, Wisconsin Circuit Judge Norman L. Yackel ruled that jurors from 250 miles away will be selected in the trail of Chai Soua Vang, who is charged with killing ... Read More

In the relative cool of the Aruban night, a helicopter equipped with heat-detecting technology searched parts of the island looking for signs of Natalee Holloway, who disappeared May 30 ... Read More

The woman who convinced Atlanta Courthouse killer Brian Nichols to turn himself in peacefully to police, Ashley Smith is writing a book which will be published this fall about her ... Read More

Opening arguments began today in the trial of Edgar Ray Killen for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner -- civil rights workers who were registering black ... Read More

Dozens of police officers launched a new search today in Aruba for clues in the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway in a brushy between the Marriott Inn and the ... Read More

The focus of the investigation into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba fell on the three students, who gave her a ride from a nightclub the night she vanished ... Read More

Jury selection began Monday in the trial of an alleged Ku Klux Klan member accused of the murders of three civil rights workers during "Freedom Summer" of 1964. The defendant ... Read More

These are some of the comments in the Crime & Punishment Forum about the Michael Jackson verdict: "The prosecutor came up with this completely implausible kidnapping charge. Why would he ... Read More

Michael Jackson was found not guilty of all charges today by a jury in San Maria, California. The jury deliberated almost 33 hours from Friday, June 3 until shortly after ... Read More

The family of Natalee Holloway was bravely clinging to faith that the attractive honor student might still be found alive, after an emotional rollercoaster weekend marked by a onslaught of ... Read More

Jimmy Lee Smith, who served 19 years in prison for the kidnapping of two Los Angeles police officers and the murder of one of them in "The Onion Field" case ... Read More

Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and the advent of Homeland Security it has become more difficult to enter the United States if you have a criminal record, ... Read More

This quiz presents the police mugshots of famous celebrities who were arrested and some of the most infamous criminals in history. How many can you identify? See Also: Crime Trivia Quizzes

A barrage of conflicting reports from Aruban officials over the weekend concerning the fate of Alabama honor student Natalee Holloway sent news reporters scrambling to determine whether or not the ... Read More

The Plainfield, Wisconsin police department had no idea of the grotesque world they were about to enter when they went to Ed Gein's farm home to investigate the disappearance of ... Read More

The jury in the Michael Jackson case has now deliberated for a week without reaching a verdict in the 10 felony charges against the pop singer. Do you think Jackson ... Read More

Three men who admitted they were with an Alabama teen on the night she disappeared in Aruba have now been arrested in connection with the case. The three were questioned ... Read More

Ian Brady and his girlfriend Myra Hindley were British serial killers, responsible for a series of child murders that became known as the Moors Murders. See Also: Serial Killers and ... Read More

Mark Hacking, who shot his pregnant wife Lori while she was sleeping and dumped her body in a trash dumpster, was sentence to six years to life in prison, the ... Read More

The jury in the Michael Jackson trial ended its first full day of deliberations without reaching a verdict on 10 counts against the pop singer, who is accused of child ... Read More

When Brooke Wilberger disappeared a year ago from her sister's apartment complex in Corvallis, Oregon, someone who identified himself as "Brian" made a 911 call to report a green minivan ... Read More

In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, local law enforcement agencies have been arresting citizens who purchased scheduled prescription drugs from Internet pharmacies. WAFB reporter, Paul Gates, reported that a number of arrests ... Read More

Two security guards have been detained by Aruba authorities in connection with the case of an Alabama high school graduate who was reported missing last Monday when she failed to ... Read More

Michael Jackson was briefly hospitalized Thursday after hearing attorneys at his child molestation trial begin their closing arguments to the jury. Jackson was treated for dehydration with intravenous fluids and ... Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of Lisa Michelle Lambert, who was convicted in 1991 of the stabbing of a teenage rival in a case that became a ... Read More

An 18-year-old Alabama high school graduate on a trip with 125 seniors from Mountain Brook High School to Aruba in the Caribbean has been missing since she failed to turn ... Read More

Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks entered a no contest plea to a felony charge of making false statements and received a two-year probation sentence, 120 hours of community service and ordered ... Read More

Authorities are still searching for clues in the case of two children missing from a remote Idaho home where three people were found tied up and beaten to death May ... Read More